I think Vegas did well but I don't think it would have been as easy as just flip the script and move on that easily for the Ducks. Bieksa is on a 35+ contract so a buyout opens the protection spot but would be a brutal dead cap space of 4 mil this year. The ducks are almost at the cap. Vatanen could have been traded for a very poor return in a forced situation with no leverage.
Their situation was bad any way they played it.
Theodore is a good building block but I'm not happy the Ducks are basically unhurt on their current roster.
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